Teheran struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 11-0 win over the Mets.

Teheran earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, rising to 18th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, highest among the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. Teheran ranks seventh among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Blue Jays hit a go-ahead, 11th-inning grand slam in the 13-11 win over the Indians. Solarte also doubled and went 5-for-6, scoring twice and driving in six runs in the first game of a doubleheader.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day since the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Yangervis Solarte.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batters earned Player of the Game honors.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Thursday with their first career Player of the Game honors:

Erik Gonzalez of the Indians (2-2B 3-5 2R 4BI in the 13-4 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut July 10, 2016, and was playing in his 96th career game. He is the 3,960th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

White Sox pitcher Luis Avilan (1IP H 0R 0BB K ND in the 6-5 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut July 14, 2012, and was playing in his 343rd career game. He is the 3,961st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995. (I’m not sure if that is some kind of record, but it is notable that it took Avilan this long—nearly six years and 343 appearances—to earn Player of the Game honors for the first time in his career. Since Avilan made his Major League debut, 894 other players have made their Box-Toppers debut.)

Scoring—Teheran earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Solarte earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’18). also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’17-18), the period 2013-2018 (’13-18) and each players’ career point total. also shown is how their 2018 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2017 total (+/-).

Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.